| Call Number: |
HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5C6S4H6M4 |
| Category: |
Ontario |
| Creator: |
Upper Canada. Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Home District and York County). |
| Description: |
3 microfilm textual records (14 volumes and 26 miscellaneous files) ; 35 mm |
| Background: |
Until 1841 the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace acted in both an administrative and a judicial capacity for the Districts. After 1841 the municipal function was taken over by the District and later the County Councils, and the Court of General Sessions retained only its judicial functions as an Inferior Court with a jury. The Home District was one of the four original Districts and included an area far greater than the present York County. The word "Quarter" was dropped from the name of the Court in 1868, and thereafter it was known as the Court of General Sessions of the Peace.
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| Contents: |
The records of the Court for the Home District include: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court; Rough Minutes; Estreats; and a miscellaneous group of case files and individual papers.
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| Originals: |
The original documents are held by the Archives of Ontario. |
| Archival Ref. No.: |
AO RG 22, Series 94, MS 251. |
| Finding Aids: |
An Introduction and the Table of Contents are included at the beginning of each reel. A few volumes have internal indexes.The Introduction and Table of Contents are available in print and as a PDF in the electronic finding aids section.
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| Electronic Finding Aid Record: |
Introduction-Contents_Minutes-Home-District_UC-Court-Genearl-Quarter-Sessions.pdf
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| Notes: |
Home District Minutes of Proceedings for 1800-1811 were printed and indexed in the 1832, Ontario Archives Report.
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